Health education specialists have to adapt and foresee the evolution of health education/promotion over the next decades. Trends help professionals make accurate estimates on how much impact health specialists can achieve with the right approach. Discussing such a broad field; and seeing the intertwined demographic, societal, professional and technological changes, there is, and will be, major changes that need to be addressed within the next 10 years by health professionals.
One of the demographic changes discussed in Chapter 10 of our book is how the U.S. population will become increasingly diverse in the next 10 years. There will be an increase in the Hispanic and Asian/Pacific Islander groups. These increases help diversify public schools. …show more content…
Professional preparation will guarantee that the health education specialists will be flexible and competent to the health care needs for the year 2020. This will help health education specialists to become analytical thinkers, with a long-term mindset. Implementing health education in the community will serve as an intervention that reinforces preventative measures. Hopefully, this will reach both the community and schools enabling a fair playing field. Moreover, technological advances will help every level of education, enabling health education specialists to create quality research. Additionally, because of the growing need of health education specialists there needs to be some sort of examination that exemplifies the quality of education, knowledge, and experience to be competent for the job. Because of this, many health professionals fear creating a generic standardized specialists, when in reality the job is an ever changing career. For this, we might see exams for future health educators who wish to specialize in a particular area. I agree with this idea being put forward. This gives the health education specialists the opportunity to submerge into the specific field or area of study. In many ways, the health specialists is at the forefront of a specific …show more content…
Some of the settings briefly discussed in the chapter are; school settings, worksite setting, public or community health setting, clinical or health care setting. In most cases, all the skills necessary to function at each setting serve interchangeably to each other. As health education specialists search for different ways to interconnect both the school and community setting, they are also very distinct. The school setting approaches its population by preparing comprehensive curriculums, which are later delivered and implemented into school policy. The goal of the school setting is to meet the health needs of their students at every level. The community setting has the same goals and methods but to a much larger scale. It deals with a bigger and more diverse population. In comparison, the major goal of health specialists is to meet the health needs of every individual in the community. The worksite setting has more specific goals than most of the settings. This is in part because there are an array of programs to which it focuses on its workers. Health specialists have to assess and lead this programs as well as tailor them. The clinical or healthcare setting has increased by serving as a liaison to health care providers. Essentially by educating patients on a one-on-one basis. Hence, individualized patient teaching has become a requisite and health specialists have become the go to people
One of the demographic changes discussed in Chapter 10 of our book is how the U.S. population will become increasingly diverse in the next 10 years. There will be an increase in the Hispanic and Asian/Pacific Islander groups. These increases help diversify public schools. …show more content…
Professional preparation will guarantee that the health education specialists will be flexible and competent to the health care needs for the year 2020. This will help health education specialists to become analytical thinkers, with a long-term mindset. Implementing health education in the community will serve as an intervention that reinforces preventative measures. Hopefully, this will reach both the community and schools enabling a fair playing field. Moreover, technological advances will help every level of education, enabling health education specialists to create quality research. Additionally, because of the growing need of health education specialists there needs to be some sort of examination that exemplifies the quality of education, knowledge, and experience to be competent for the job. Because of this, many health professionals fear creating a generic standardized specialists, when in reality the job is an ever changing career. For this, we might see exams for future health educators who wish to specialize in a particular area. I agree with this idea being put forward. This gives the health education specialists the opportunity to submerge into the specific field or area of study. In many ways, the health specialists is at the forefront of a specific …show more content…
Some of the settings briefly discussed in the chapter are; school settings, worksite setting, public or community health setting, clinical or health care setting. In most cases, all the skills necessary to function at each setting serve interchangeably to each other. As health education specialists search for different ways to interconnect both the school and community setting, they are also very distinct. The school setting approaches its population by preparing comprehensive curriculums, which are later delivered and implemented into school policy. The goal of the school setting is to meet the health needs of their students at every level. The community setting has the same goals and methods but to a much larger scale. It deals with a bigger and more diverse population. In comparison, the major goal of health specialists is to meet the health needs of every individual in the community. The worksite setting has more specific goals than most of the settings. This is in part because there are an array of programs to which it focuses on its workers. Health specialists have to assess and lead this programs as well as tailor them. The clinical or healthcare setting has increased by serving as a liaison to health care providers. Essentially by educating patients on a one-on-one basis. Hence, individualized patient teaching has become a requisite and health specialists have become the go to people